Jack Canon's American Destiny

Broken Pieces

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Nonfiction: Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
A story about aWWII POW survivor. Amazing story about survival, resilience, and redemption.

The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
A story about two men, one an architect and the other a serial murderer, at the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893.

Fiction:
Young Adult: Flat-out Love by Jessica Park
A romance tied to a dysfunctional family. Unique premise and wonderfully told.

The Trylle Trilogy by Amanda Hocking (actually three books)
A fantasy about a girl born into a human family, though she has royal troll blood. This is really and fast-paced.

Kissing Shakespeare by Pamela Mingle
A delightful read about her contemporary girl traveling back to stop Shakespeare from making a huge mistake.

The Fault in our Stars by John Greene
Awesome novel about a girl with cancer who discovers life.

Adult fiction: The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Set
in the 1960s in Mississippi, a young college grad seeks to write a
life-changing book about the black maids who care for white families.
Minny is the best!

Easy by Tammara Webber
When a girl is almost raped, she is rescued by a boy who may help her recover from her ex-boyfriend dumping her.

Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult
Beautifully researched book about two children disagreeing over a man in a coma who lived among wolves.

If I Were You by Lisa Renee Jones
I have to read the rest of these. A girl inherits journals from a missing woman she left in a storage unit. Very spicey.